Iram Ditta

Job:

Global Information Governance Operations Manager

Company:

Latham and Watkins

I am a Global Information Governance Operations Manager at Latham and Watkins. A global elite law firm, and one of the largest law firms in the world by revenue. Named ‘City Firm of the Year’ by The Lawyer Awards (2020 and 2021). I am responsible for a global team of Information Governance Analysts who provide Information Governance Operations support to the firm and clients on Large File Intakes, File Releases, File Destructions, Retention & Disposition and Data Hygiene projects.

I am...

Tenacious

Independent

Caring

The skills I use most in my job...

Attention to detail

The most interesting thing I've worked on in my career so far...

Creating the Global Information Governance Operations Center from the ground up. This was a real growth opportunity, as not only was I new to the firm and the role, I was also new to Information Governance. I contributed to the creation of the vision and strategy for this new team, recruited a team of Analysts, identified opportunities to create operational efficiencies across the Information Governance Programme, rolled out a global service offering and marketed the services of the new team.

What inspired me into digital and tech...

I became interested in my world, which is the intersection between technology and law, whilst undertaking my postgraduate studies. I was enthralled by the application of tech in the legal field, in particular, how legal tech can increase efficiency and productivity, optimise workflows, provide more value, and enhance client experience.

My educational background is...

I studied Law and Criminal Justice at Liverpool John Moores University. I then went on to undertake a part-time LPC LLM in Professional Legal Practice at the University of Law, whilst working full-time at my previous firm, Addleshaw Goddard. I am a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, and I recently attained my Certified Information Privacy Professional European certification.